The Belmont Abbey men's lacrosse team erased a 6-3 halftime deficit by outscoring Wingate 10-3 in the second half, including 6-1 in the third quarter, as the Crusaders secured a 13-9 win over the visiting Bulldogs this afternoon at Alumni Field. Both teams are now 2-2 on the year.

The Bulldogs took a 4-1 lead 12 minutes into the game before Ryan Corrigan scored the second of his three goals to end the first quarter with Wingate holding a 4-2 edge. The Bulldogs tacked on the first two goals of the second quarter to lead6-2, but Tanner Scharr began a streak of five unanswered Abbey goals with a score at the 41 second mark.

Belmont Abbey opened the third quarter on fire, scoring the first four goals of the frame in six minutes. Scharr scored two goals around a Dan Morrissey tally. His second knotted the game at six, and Nick Boylan put the Abbey ahead at the 8:06 mark to move the Crusaders in front 7-6.

Less than a minute later, Derek Watts scored off of a Bryan Bayliss assist to tie the game at seven, but the Abbey fired right back by scoring the next four goals. Scharr moved the Abbey ahead for good at 8-7 with 6:41 in the third. 15 seconds later, Brian Watson moved the lead to a pair off of a feed from Corrigan. That goal was the last of the quarter, and it extended the Abbey's lead to 9-7.

Corrigan and Boylan opened the fourth with goals in the first four minutes. After a Wingate tally trimmed the lead to 11-8, Morrissey scored the final two goals around a Wingate tally, the last with 47 seconds left, to seal the win.

Scharr finished with four goals, while Morrissey and Corrigan both tallied three. Boylan finished with two and Watson scored once. Morrissey had two assists, while Corrigan, Walker Kirkikis, Brendan Rogers and Scotty Steele all had one.

Watts and Colin O'Donoghue both led the Bulldogs with three goals. Billy Mutton, Chris Johns, and Taylor Womble each scored one. Watts had two assists.

Belmont Abbey won the ground ball battle 40-37 and earned 16 face off wins in 26 attempts. Watson finished 12 of 19 on face offs with seven ground balls, while Scharr scooped up six. Goalkeeper Tony Kikola worked the first half and made three saves. Merrick Reiland stopped seven shots in the final 30 minutes. Danny Dlugozima made seven saves.